Pupils given 24 options to define their gender in new government survey

Pupils at Brighton’s Blatchington Mill School received the survey (Picture: Google)

Schoolchildren have been given 24 options to describe their gender in a new government questionnaire.

The array of choices were part of a Children’s Commissioner’s survey sent to pupils aged 13-18 in Brighton and Hove, according to The Argus.

‘Demi-boy’, ‘non-binary’ and ‘gender fluid’ could be selected as well as the traditional male and female options.

‘We want to know how gender matters to young people: what does gender mean to them; how does it affect their lives; what do they want to change?,’ said Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England.